The SSETI Express educational space mission received vital assistance with spacecraft integration and testing at ESA…
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Tripoli from Space
Agricultural smallholdings outside central Tripoli are dwarfed next to a set of vast irrigated fields, as…
CryoSat testing over
The intense mechanical testing period is finally over for the CryoSat satellite, and with launch just…
Cupola Transfer
Ownership of the European-built Cupola observation module for the International Space Station (ISS) was officially transferred…
Three satellites find shy star
An international team of scientists has uncovered a rare type of neutron star so elusive that…
Great Barrier Reef
This Envisat image shows part of the world’s largest coral reef, the 2300-kilometre-long Great Barrier Reef…
Sun-powered Aircraft
Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard is constructing a solar-powered plane to fly around the world. His aim…
Venice from Space
The canal city of Venice (Venezia) and the Laguna Veneta are shown here by ESA’s microsatellite…